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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

ANNIE LOUISE HALL, OF CHESTERTOWN, NEW YORK.

RUG-MAKING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,884, dated March 6, 1888.

Application filed May 25, 1887. Serial No. 239,470. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that ANNIE LoUrsE HALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chestertown, in the county of Warren and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Bug-Making Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a rugrnaking device; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the parts of the same, which will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and

pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherei'nlike letters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved rug-making device as it appears before the material has been wound around the knives in the formation of a rug, with the combs arranged at one side thereof. Eig. 2 is a front elevation of the device with the material arranged around the knives. Fig. 3 is a like view of the knives removed from the base-rest and ready for operation with a sewing-machine- Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view showing the manner of winding the material, and Fig. 5 is a detail transverse section of the base.

A indicates a supportingframe, constructed of suitable material, which is formed with a groove, a, in its top portion, and provided with a series of narrow slots, a', which extend some distance down into the block A and are adapted to receive the lower ends of a series of metallic knife-plates, B B. These knifeplates B may be constructed of such dimensions as to suit the intended use, which will of course be governed bythe dimensions of the rug to be formed. The lower ends oi' the said plates B are formed with apertures ai, which are drilled therein, and when the knives are arranged as shown said apertures will be in a direct line and are adapted to be engaged by a securing-rod, B', which passes therethrough and through the projecting ends of two end plates, B2 B2, secured to the ends of the support or rest A. Vhen the rod B has been thus arranged, the knife-plates B will be held in removable securement with the said support or rest, and will thereby be reenforced or steadied during the operation of forming the pile of the rug. The opposite ends of the knives B are in like manner provided with apertures a3, through which a thread, a4, is passed and secured to prevent the material used in making the rug from slipping oft and becoming disengaged from the said knives.

In winding the material in the formation of the pile one strip, M, of material is wound at a time, as follows: One end of the strip is secured to the outer knife of the series of knives used, and thence carried back to the rear edge of the first knife, across over the rear face of the second knife, up to the front edge thereof, and thence back ou the face of the second knife nearest the first knife, to the rear edge of the second knife, and thence across to the rear edge of the third knife, and so on until the whole series of knives have been thus surrounded,

when a second strip of material, which may be of a different color, is in like mannerl apv plied, and the operation continued until the knives B have been filled. When the strips have been applied to the knives, as just described, the rear of the knives will have the appearance of a loosely-woven web, while the front portion of the knives will present a series of corrugations of the material, which will of course be supported by and n engagement with the said knives. While the strips are being placed upon the knives B it will benecessary to keep each strip in close contact with the one previously applied, and to accomplish this an evenly-distributed pressure must be applied to the strips or layers. To provide for this necessity two metallic combs, D, are constructed, which are provided with slots d, which register and engage with the knives B, the one being placed over the other with the backs thereof arranged in opposite positions. When these pressure-combs D have been arranged on the knives B, the outer ends thereof are united by clamping-loops d d and firmly secured, and by this securement virtually form a single pressure-plate, which is'adapted to exert as much pressure on one side of the knives as on the other side. i When the strips have been wound on the knives B, the clamping-loops d are removed from the ends of the combs D and the combs disengaged from the knives. The rod B is then drawn out from the apertures aIl in the knives or plates B and the Whole series of knives removed from the IOO apertures or slots in the rest A. Athread, a4, is then passed through the apertures a, from which the rod B has been removed, to prevent the strips from slipping off of the lower ends of the knives. The woven strips supported by the knives B, as shown in Fig. 3, will then be ready for application to the base or backing material. 'To accomplish this the woven strips and supporting-knives are placed on the backing material, and the presser-foot of a sewing-machine passes between each of the knives and secures the woven strips to the backing. Vhen all the spaces between the knives have thus been traversed by the presser-foot and the strips all secured, the ribs formed by the inclosed knives are cut, and the rug entire, or a portion thereof, is completed.

This device is especially useful in the household, and in view of its simplicity of construction and cheapness of manufacture will be within the obtainance of every one.

It is obvious that many slight variations in the construction and arrangement of the parts could be made and substituted for those shown and described without in the least departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a rug-making device, thecombination 0f a series of knife-plates, B, having apertures formed in both ends thereof, the single frame A, having a series of slots, a', in which the said knife-plates B are mounted, the projecting end plates, B2, having apertures therein, the removable wire rod B', for securing the knife-plates Bin connectionwith the frame A, and the metallic pressure-combs D, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the verticallysupported knife-plates B, having intersecting spaces when mounted, of the metallic combs D, having the slots d, adapted to pass over the knife-plates, and the clasps d', tted on the ends of the combs to secure them together, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto ailixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANNIE LOUISE HALL.

V'Vitnesses:

STANLEY H. BEvINs, ROBERT S. HALL. 

